Affect and Cover

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Cover and affect are semantically related in relate topic. In some cases you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Affect".

Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Affect and cover are semantically related in relate topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

body	affect body	cover body
area	affect area	cover area
rest	affect rest	cover rest
range	affect range	cover range
Other words: time, characters, world, game, story, damage, events.

The supervisor also explains that it would negatively affect both of their careers to go on record about the racism so the cover story is their only option.

Source: Embarrassing Cover Up
CS Grenades affect a large area and can bypass cover, but can be resisted by suspects wearing gas masks, who are thankfully rare.

Source: Video Game / SWAT 4
What is game breaking, however, is the large area it can cover, allowing Karna to affect the entire party, which no other buff spell does.

Source: Game Breaker / Turn-Based Strategy

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